[Ken Odeluga <ken.odeluga@dowjones.com>]
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> only an
> unrecognizeable fraction of the source is used - i.e., in order that the
> tone can be 'played' as it were, like an original instrument. In that
> instance, whilst the 'borrowed' sound might be the same, the notes it plays,
> the 'song', will be different. In these instance, copyright infringement
> becomes a very blurred question. I mean it would be like sueing someone for
> sampling bird sounds for instance, because, after those were processed in
> the same way, the connection remaining with the original material might be
> just as tenuous as say your original guitar riff.